There are seven regional airports in the region, but these are limited to other destinations in Northern Norway and require change of aircraft at to reach Oslo. Gimsøy has after a thorough investigation been deemed unsuitable as the site for a new airport due to high wind turbulence. The airport is certified to handle aircraft up to the size of the and the. Archived from on 20 February 2013. Several commercial interest organizations in Narvik supported an airport at Vidrek, while their Harstad counterparts supported an airport at Evenes. Avinor plans to expand the in 2014. The airline market in Norway was deregulated on 1 April 1994.
Evenes is the only primary airport located in and the only to offer direct flights to Oslo. Evenes has a 2,808-meter 9,213 ft runway, a parallel and a terminal with five gates. The initiative was welcomed by the tourist industry in Lofoten and , as Evenes is the only primary airport serving the area. Narvik Municipality conducted surveys at Herjangsfjellet in 1962 and 1963. A new primary airport for the Lofoten region is planned outside orange.
First a large majority voted down a proposal to build regional airport for each town, followed by a unanimous decision to build a primary airport at Evenes. The civilian sector is owned and operated by the state-owned and handled 654,977 passengers in 2013. Did you make a mistake when you paid? This caused local interest for airports at Kvæfjordeidet and Vidrek to resume, after initiative from Widerøe. Subsequently, the airport started marketing itself internationally as Lofoten International Airport. In an emergency the airport is permitted to handle an and an. In Narvik work started on planning an airport in Evenes, which was approved by Narvik Municipal Council in February 1951.
Departure hall of the airport The airlines and Widerøe both launched an alternative proposal whereby the government instead should build a network of airports. Both runways have Category I. Remember, in the case of product claims, you must be able to return the product in approximately the same amount and condition as when the purchase was made. It is co-located with of the. Evenes is located 45 kilometers 28 mi by road 40 minutes from Harstad, 57 kilometers 35 mi 50 minutes from Narvik, 121 kilometers 75 mi 1:40 hours from , 149 kilometers 93 mi 2:05 hours from , 160 kilometers 99 mi from and 230 kilometers 140 mi to. Norwegian introduced scheduled services to and in Spain from 2013, as well as to Trondheim. Archived from on 29 February 2012.
Nordavind fra alle kanter in Norwegian. Parliament decided in June 2012 to order the new fighters, with delivery scheduled to start in 2016. Travel time to Bardufoss was three hours from Narvik and six hours from Harstad. It recommended that nine more primary airports be built and that Evenes and receive top priority. Two locations have been put forward, and. Independent of the airport plans, there are plans to build a tunnel between and which would reduce the road distance from Lofoten to Evenes by 19 kilometers 12 mi and 31 minutes.
Norwegian started services in 2003 and launched international scheduled services from 2013. Estimates showed that it captured 4,300 annual passengers which otherwise would have used. Archived from on 5 July 2013. Harstad and the surrounding municipalities proposed in 1960 an airport at in Evenes, on condition that the be built, allowing the island of to be connected to the mainland. Hadselsand would have direct services to Oslo, resulting in reduction of leakage to Evenes. The terminal has a and two. The route continued until 1939 when it was terminated because of the outbreak of.
About 1950 discussions started regarding construction of an airport between Bodø and Tromsø. The bridge will reduce the travel distance by road from Narvik to the Evenes by 18 kilometers 11 mi and 20 minutes. The asphalt runway measures 2,808 by 45 meters 9,213 ft × 148 ft and is aligned 17—35, roughly north—south. Evenes will also be strengthened with the establishment of dedicated base defence units and long-range air defences. The apron has parking for seven category and similar sized aircraft, and one larger wide-body aircraft. Privatefly placed Evenes ninth in a worldwide contest of the most spectacular approach in 2012. It voted in February 1968 to continue to support Evenes as a primary airport, but also work for a local airport in Narvik.
Planning of an airport started in 1950s. The construction of an airport for Harstad and Narvik was discussed in in June 1970. These are estimated at forty-five percent for Vesterålen and twenty percent for Lofoten. However, Bardufoss has been selected because of its favorable strategic location. The Tjelsund Bridge was opened on 22 October 1967.
Archived from on 26 January 2013. They establish a committee, which issued a report to the government in June 1966, which concluded that it would be possible to have an airport completed by 1968. It served all of as well as. This was followed up with a meeting between representatives from Harstad and Narvik. When was appointed in 1965, he placed the primary airport construction plan on hold and instead focused on construction of regional airports. Evenes Air Station became operative in January 1986. Using a , they flew a coastal route between and , with stops in Narvik and Harstad.